Romanos 11:23

23 Y si el pueblo de Israel abandona su incredulidad, volverá a ser injertado, pues Dios tiene poder para volver a injertarlo en el árbol.

Romanos 11:23 Meaning and Commentary

Romans 11:23

And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief
The apostle suggests that the Jews also might be recovered and brought into a Gospel church state, provided they did not continue in infidelity; but inasmuch as they seem to lie under invincible ignorance, obstinacy, and unbelief, and were such bitter enemies to the Gospel, and abhorrers of Gospel ordinances, and a Gospel church state; yea, that they must and will abide in unbelief, unless the Spirit of God convinces them of it, and it is given to them to believe in Christ, and they are powerfully drawn by the Father to come to the Son, there is no possibility or likelihood that they

shall be grafted in,
or taken into a Gospel church state; to which the apostle answers, and argues for their ingrafting, and the possibility of it from the power of God:

for God is able to graft them in again;
as many of them were in the times of the apostles, and some since, for nothing is impossible with God; he can remove their unbelief, knock off the shackles and fetters in which they are held, and bring, them out of the prison of infidelity, in which they are shut up; he is able to take away the blindness of their minds, and the hardness of their hearts, the veil that is over them, and turn them to the Lord; he can by his mighty power work faith in them, and cause them to look on him whom they have pierced, and mourn in an evangelical manner; he can bring them to Christ, and into his churches, and among his people, and fold them with the rest of his sheep; so that there one fold of Jew and Gentile, under one shepherd, Jesus Christ.

Romanos 11:23 In-Context

21 Pues, si Dios no perdonó a las ramas originales, tampoco te perdonará
a ti.

22 Fíjate en que Dios es bondadoso pero también es severo. Es severo con los que desobedecen, pero será bondadoso contigo si sigues confiando en su bondad. En cambio, si dejas de confiar, tú también serás arrancado por completo.

23 Y si el pueblo de Israel abandona su incredulidad, volverá a ser injertado, pues Dios tiene poder para volver a injertarlo en el árbol.

24 Tú, por naturaleza, eras una rama cortada de un olivo silvestre. Por lo tanto, si Dios estuvo dispuesto a ir en contra de la naturaleza al injertarte en un árbol cultivado, él estará mucho más dispuesto a injertar las ramas originales en el árbol al que pertenecen.

25 La misericordia de Dios es para todos
Mis amados hermanos, quiero que entiendan este misterio para que no se vuelvan orgullosos de ustedes mismos. Parte del pueblo de Israel tiene el corazón endurecido, pero eso solo durará hasta que se complete el número de gentiles que aceptarán a Cristo.